Dear Gloria and all, I've been unable to respond to your emails until just now. I wanted to correct a misconception about Native American records. They are FEDERAL, not state, nor local. Try the Library of Congress or the Federal Archives. The Bureau of Indian Affairs has overseen these records and if I'm not mistaken, they are placed in the Federal Archives of the geographic areas the tribes reside in. Andi ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 2:48 PM Subject: More Indian School Records > Thanks to Cheryl, Virginia, Maxine and John for their responses to my > query about Indian School records. > > The listing for the Wash. State Archives, Puget Sound Regional Branch, in > Bellevue which has the Pierce County holdings does not show any Indian > records. > > I have looked at the microfilms at the NARA Archives at Sandpoint which > includes Puyallup census records, but all they have for Indian schools > was Chemawa in Oregon, which was somewhat helpful because my Grandfather > and his 3 brothers also went there. Their listing of actual documents > only gives Puyallup Indian Agency, 1885 - 1920. I do have a research > card so will ask about these records the next time I go there and see if > they contain anything about Indian schools. > > I appreciate the information about Cascadia in Tacoma, but would hesitate > to just show up on their doorstep if they are unfriendly to researchers. > > Thanks again to everyone. > > Gloria Lester > [email protected] > >>^. .^<< > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > >